Legemat

noun
An optical character reader and universal language translator for text.
Origin
Derived from legere (to read) and Automat (machine).
Source
Changing Planes

Translatomat

noun
A universal language translator for speech.
Origin
Pairing of ‘translate’ and Automat (machine).
Source
Changing Planes

Wormword

noun
A word, which when spoken inveigles its way into the mind of the speaker and manifests itself in his flesh.
Origin
Named for the parasitic manifestation caused by the word.
Source
Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopedia

Voxware

noun
A hardware/software device that synthesises speech.
Origin
Formed from vox (voice) and the suffix ‘-ware’.
Source
Embassytown

Galaktika

noun
The shared language of the League of All Worlds.
Origin
Corruption of ‘galactic’.
Source
City of Illusions

Marain

noun
The shared constructed language of the Culture.
Origin
Possibly derived from maireannach (long-lived).
Source
Consider Phlebas

Newspeak

noun
The language of Oceania, devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc.
Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nadsat

noun
  1. A youth dialect.
  2. A teenager.
Origin
-надцать, the Russian equivalent of ‘-teen’.
Source
A Clockwork Orange

Cityspeak

noun
A multilingual street dialect.
Source
Blade Runner